Part 2: Using Computers and the Internet

Goals:

1. To introduce the capabilities of the computer and the importance of using the Internet for researching and learning.

1. Computer databases and Internet access

Procedure:

1. The students will be asked to divide themselves into groups of 3 or 4.
-Teacher reserves the right to make adjustments of group members if necessary.
-All members of each group must be from the same classroom, so when three the classes are
separated, the members will still be together.
2. The teacher will inform the students that these groups will remain for the entire "survival"
learning activity.
3. The students will be taken to the computer lab.
4. The teacher will give introductory lesson on the basic components andcapabilities of a computer.
5. The teacher will ask and answer questions to make sure all the students have abasic understanding of
the computer.
6. The teacher will give an introductory lesson on the importance and usage of the Internet.
7. The teacher should give a sample of some of the capabilities of the Internet.
i.e. Open up Netscape and run a net search on the Green Bay Packers.
8. The teacher will ask and answer questions about the Internet (steps f through hmay have to be done
by someone other than the teacher, depending on the teacher's knowledge and understanding of the Internet.)
9. The students will be given time to browse the Internet.

1. Understanding of the capabilities of the computer and Internet. (Criteria for success = Major portion of students, or at least one from each group, are having little or no difficulty gaining access to the Internet.)

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Survival developed by: David Didier, Justin Brandt, Travis Glandt, and Steve Raethz for the St. Norbert College Ocean Voyagers Program